Monday, August 28, 2017

First, the obligatory ***SPOILER WARNING: This is all about the TV show Game of Thrones season 7 finale (episode 7). Also. disclaimer.

I'm feeling scatterbrained at the moment, so forgive the following post, please. I have a feeling I missed something. But anyway, I'll have a year (maybe more) to get organized before the next season, right? xD

Saturday, August 26, 2017

Ironic that I'm late writing this when this is the episode that I was spoiled for, having seen some leaked clips from YouTube before the official release date. Also, I got distracted along the way and spent the last 3 days or so binge-watching 2 seasons of some other show I don't follow. Anyway, I better finish doing this before the finale comes out, or before I get spoiled again. =P

So, without further ado, ***SPOILER WARNING: This is all about the TV show Game of Thrones season 7 episode 6. Also, disclaimer.

Note: These are notes I wrote on second watch of the episode. Normally, I would rearrange them again for a better flow, but since this is super late anyway, I will just leave it as is. =) For a TL;DR version/overall review, see the bold type. But it would be much, much better if you don't "DR". You'll find that that 'summary' isn't really an accurate summary. ;)

Thursday, August 10, 2017

This is what got me the "you're not very clever, are you?" comment on some YouTube video.

You see, in the aforementioned episode of Game of Thrones, Drogon was hit by a giant arrow from the weapon Qyburn made. They called the weapon Scorpion.

Now, I, being not as clever, it seems, as the person who replied to me, just thought of scorpions, the arachnids that sting.

I didn't know (and didn't know that I should know) that scorpio or scorpion or triggerfish is also a military weapon from Ancient Rome which is basically an early crossbow or "catapult with bolts" just like the one used in the show. I must be stupid, yeah? I mean, if I want to watch a TV show, I better make sure I'm familiar with Ancient Roman weaponry. It is a must, I tell you.

So anyway, since I thought the name just referred to the venomous scorpion, I thought perhaps the weapon was poisoned. After all, it was made by Qyburn, and I wouldn't put it past him (or Cersei) to put poison on weapons.

Of course, some argue that we don't even know if poisons can affect dragons. Melisandre was poisoned before but was not affected because the fire in her burned it away. So would not the fire in a dragon also burn any poison away? Maybe. If all poisons are the same. But if Qyburn was able to find a way to treat Gregor Clegane when he was poisoned, is it not possible that he can also come up with a poison that can withstand fire/heat? We don't know. I guess we'll know soon enough. If Drogon remains okay in the next episodes, then I guess there was no poison in the weapon.

Also, there is the argument that putting poison on the arrows is very dangerous for the handler. Bronn, for instance, who manned the weapon in this episode, could have been accidentally poisoned. But that's assuming the poison is placed on the surface of the arrow. What if the poison was placed inside? What if they designed the arrowhead to contain the poison and release it only when the arrow has hit its target? Or maybe, the poison will be released only when someone tries to remove the arrow, as when Dany was trying to pull it out from Drogon's shoulder? Again, we'll know in the next episodes, I guess.

I just find it interesting, as I mentioned in my episode post, that the person Drogon was named after, Khal Drogo, died from a shoulder wound that turned septic, and now Drogon has been hit on the shoulder by this arrow. He might have been hurt by the arrow and fell through the sky, but he recovered enough to still be able to hover for a while with the shoulder wound. But does that mean that he's out of the woods? Or will that wound still turn out to be serious like Khal Drogo's?

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

And if I do know something, there are surely other people out there who know more than I do.

Still, I believe that I have a right to say what's on my mind, whether it be on YouTube comments, or Facebook, or whatever other social media out there. And especially so if I am writing it here, on my own blog.

I am making this disclaimer because I've seen many people out there who seem to revel in putting other people down. Just a little mistake and they call you names. You forget a detail from past seasons and they say you're not a true fan. You are not familiar with military weapons of Ancient Rome, and they say, 'you're not very clever, are you?'

This rarely happens to me. I don't remember being called names before, and I don't think I've been accused of not being a fan. Mostly because I'm usually careful about the things I write and make sure they are accurate (names, places; if I refer to scenes from previous episodes/seasons, I try to rewatch them first, etc.).

The last thing happened to me, though. I didn't realize that when watching a TV show, I should be knowledgeable about military weapons of Ancient Rome. And since I'm not, the conclusion must be that I'm not very clever? Right. Now I feel so bad that we didn't cover Ancient Roman weapons in my (science) college course...

I have, for a while, tried to avoid calling myself a fan, so as not to offend other fans whose standards I might not live up to. I'm just a follower of shows and books. If I make the mistake of calling myself a fan, I assure you, there are lots of bigger fans out there than me.

So please, if you lose your way into my blogs somehow, and you feel I'm not up to your standards, feel free to move on to other better places. Criticism is fine. Sharing your knowledge with me when you see that there are things I don't know is appreciated. But please, there's no need to call me names or put me down.